Jazz Articles about Tierney Sutton

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Tierney Sutton: Blue in Green

by Roger Crane
February 1, 2002

It has been a pleasure to watch Tierney Sutton grow as a singer. When I first reviewed her performance for Marge Hofacre's Jazz News back in 1995 (in Three on a Swing ), I stated that “Tierney has no recordings as yet but she will." Given her talent, it was easy to make such a brash prediction - and this attractive young singer has now issued three CDs. Her confidence and skills seem to grow almost CD by CD.

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Tierney Sutton: Blue In Green

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2001

A glance at the listing of tunes on Tierney Sutton's Blue In Green intrigued me because somehow it consists of some of my favorites: “Autumn Leaves," “Detour Ahead," “Someday My Prince Will Come," “Never Let Me Go," and of course “Waltz For Debby" and “Blue In Green." The common element binding all of the tunes together isn't just their lyricism, even though some of the tunes remained without words for a number of years. Of course, the tunes are consistent ...

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Tierney Sutton: Unsung Heroes

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2000

Vocalese. The mellow personalities of the guitar flugelhorn, and trombone, coupled wish the breathy piping of an alto/soprano voice combine to make Unsung Heroes a very cool proposition. Several primarily vocalese discs have found their way to me recently, all sporting accomplished, even incendiary, vocal challenges met. I would not describe Tierney Sutton's voice as such. She is dry ice cool like the 1950s Art Pepper alto saxophone. The results are very appealing and technically accomplished.

Scat Cat. Sutton is ...

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Tierney Sutton: Unsung Heroes

by Mark Corroto
April 1, 2000

Miles Davis never shouted. I’m not talking about his damaged vocal chords. He rarely raised his musical voice above a whisper. Singer Tierney Sutton, like Miles, doesn’t raise her voice to make a resounding statement. Unlike so many upper range vocal gymnasts working today, Sutton favors articulation and quiet beauty as her approach. Funny so did the greatest of all, Ella Fitzgerald. Sutton, a semi-finalist in the 1998 Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition, has one prior release on A-Records (1997). This, ...

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Tierney Sutton: Unsung Heroes

by Ed Kopp
April 1, 2000

Tierney Sutton is a young jazz singer with a warm, graceful voice, an unpretentious delivery and a great feel for ballads. On Unsung Heroes, Sutton’s fluid style makes some very difficult pieces sound simple and beautiful.Though Sutton didn’t come to jazz until she was 20, she’s a natural talent who released a widely praised debut album in 1998. Now Sutton heads up the jazz vocal department at USC. Her second release Unsung Heroes finds her interpreting various mainstream ...

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Tierney Sutton: Unsung Heroes

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2000

While jazz enthusiasts mourn the loss of many of the members of the first generation of female jazz vocalists, their enthuasiasm doesn't seem to extend to many of the vocalists struggling, and in some cases, succeeding on today's scene. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dominique Eade, Dianne Reeves, Vanessa Rubin, Karrin Allyson, and Nnennon Freelon, among others, come to mind.

More's the pity. Each of these vocalists is creating her own style, disparate though it may be, and her own presence, in ...

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Tierney Sutton: Introducing Tierney Sutton

by Jack Bowers
January 1, 1999

Like many other talented jazz singers, Tierney Sutton loves to crank up the tempo and let 'er rip. Well and good. The problem is, she is far more engaging and persuasive when she's interpreting ballads, and it is the half-dozen ballads--"You're Nearer," “It Never Entered My Mind," “Morning Sun," “High Wire," “I'm a Fool to Want You," “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"--that lend Sutton's debut recording much of its luster and charm.

Her voice, clear and invigorating, ...